Nine Sermons, Title page – Publishers advertisement
NINE SERMONS UPON THE Following SUBJECTS; VIZ.
I. The LORD our Righteouſneſs.
II. The Seed of the Woman and the Seed of the Serpent.
III. Perſecution every Chriſtian's LOT.
IV. Abraham's offering up his Son Iſaac.
V. Saul's Converſion.
VI. The Phariſee and Publican.
VII. Chriſt, the Believer's Wiſdom, Righteouſneſs, Sanctification, and Redemption.
VIII. The Holy Spirit▪ convincing the World of Sin, of Righteouſneſs, and of Judgment.
IX. The Conver… … Zaccheus.
By George Whitefield, … Late of Pembroke-College, Oxford.
The Second Edition▪
BOSTON: Prin… and Sold by S…. Kneeland and T. Green, in Queen ſtreet. 1743.
THE PREFACE.
THE following SERMONS, I think I may ſay were given me by the Lord Jeſus Chriſt; and according to my preſent Light are agreeable to the Form of ſound Words delivered to as in the lively Oracles of God. They … the Sum and Subſtance, I will not … Word for Word of what was delivered … from the Pulpit▪ for, as I had Occaſion in America, Scotland, and England, to … upon the ſame Subject…. I was …, according to the Freedom and …iſtance given me from above, to …, or make Excurſions, agreeable … the People's Circumſtances amongſt whom I was preaching the Kingdom of God. I had no Leiſure or Freedom to commit any of them to Writing, but during my laſt Voyage from America to England; nor do I expect to find Leiſure to write down any more freſh Diſcourſes, till it ſhall pleaſe God that I embark again. May the Spirit of God, who delights out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings to perfect Praiſe, bleſs them to every Reader, and put into their Hearts to pray for … poor, unworthy Servant in Jeſus ….
George Whitefield.
THE CONTENTS.
SERMON I. The Lord our Righteouſneſs. Jeremiah xxiii. 6. The Lord our Righteouſneſs. Page 1.
SERMON II. The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent. Gen. iii. 15 and I will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy Seed and her Seed; it ſhall bruiſe thy Head, and thou ſhall bruiſe his Heel. ….
SERMON III. Perſecution every Chriſtian's Lot. 2 Timothy iii. 12, Yea, and all that will live godly in Chriſt Jeſus ſhall ſuffer Perſecution. Page 58.
SERMON IV. Abraham's offering up his Son Iſaac. Gen. xxii 12. And he ſaid, lay not thin… Hand upon the Lad, neither do thou any Thing unto him; for now I know that thou feareſt God, ſeeing thou haſt not with held thy Son, thine only Son from me. Page 81
SERMON V. Saul's Converſion. Acts ix. 22. But Saul increaſed the more in Strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damaſcus, proving that this is very Chriſt. Page 103.
SERMON VI. Chriſt, the Believer's Wiſdom, Righteouſneſs, Sanctification, and Redemption. 1 Cor. i. 30. But of him are ye in Chriſt Jeſus, who of God is made unto us, Wiſdom▪ Righteouſneſs, Sanctification, and Redemption. Page 130.
SERMON VII. The Phariſee and Publican. Luke xviii. 14. I tell you this Man went down to his Houſe juſtified rather than … other. For every one that exalteth himſelf ſhall be abaſed, and he that … ſelf ſhall be exalted. Page 154
SERMON VIII. The Holy Spirit convincing the World of Sin, of Righteouſneſs, and Judgment. John xvi. 8. And when he is come, he will convince the World of Sin, and of Righteouſneſs, and of Judgment. Page 174.
SERMON IX. The Converſion of Zaccheus. Luke xix. 9, 10. And Jeſus ſaid unto him, This Day is Salvation come to this Houſe, foraſmuch as he alſo is the Son of Abraham. For the Son of Man is come to ſeek and to ſave that which was loſt. Page 198.
Juſt Publiſh'd, And to be Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green
SOME Thoughts concerning the preſent Revival of Religion in NEW-ENGLAND, and the Way in which it ought to be acknowlegded and promoted, humbly offered to the Public, in a TREATISE on that Subject.
In Five PARTS;
PART I. Shewing that the Work that has of late been going on in this Land, is a glorious Work of GOD.
PART II. Shewing the Obligations that all are under, to acknowledge, rejoice … and promote this Work, and the great Danger of the contrary.
PART III. Shewing in many Inſtances, wherein the Subjects, or zealous Promoters, of this Work have been injuriouſly blame….
PART IV. Shewing what Things are to be corrected or avoided, in promoting this Work, or in our Behaviour under it.
PART V. Shewing poſitively what ought to be done to promote this Work.
By JONATHAN EDWARDS, A. M. Paſtor of the Church of CHRIST at ….